Review of Black Swan (2010) by Sergioltf — 11 Jan 2011
Making a deep art experience a horror film is a big, big flaw. Making a horror film a deep art experience, a big sin as well. Aronofsky has usually a deep insight and great, great imagery, but like in Requiem for a Dream the one-dimensional plot is a problem and it can be summarized in "drugs are bad".
On the Wrestler, that's a perfect example of a good main character. In here, instead of creating two faces of a same character (depth!), he keeps playing with one dimension in two characters. Where's the moment that the actress mixes the two swans and get in control of that? Besides the 'actress-killing-rival-before-premier' is quite worn out already.
I was expecting a true transformation, a true character, and all that was shown is a girl that cannot stop whining and an alter-ego that is a plain murderer. Everything else was stunning, and brought high art to the masses: the songs, the grace of the swans, the art environment, and a specifically good scene where the teacher, tryint to seduce her, shows her (and us) the true meaning of ballet.
I just think it needed characters with more depth to add verisimilitude to it.
This review of Black Swan (2010) was written by Sergioltf on 11 Jan 2011.
Black Swan has generally received very positive reviews.
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